The Fields Have Turned Brown

The Stanley Brothers

Written by Carter Stanley

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C
I left my old home to ramble this country
F                                   C
My mother and dad said son don't go wrong
F                                        C
Remember that God will always watch over you
G7                                     C
And we will be waiting for you here at home

Verse 2

F                                           C
Son don't go astray was what they both told me
G7                                C
Remember that love for God can be found
F                                               C
But now they're both gone this letter just told me
G7
For years they've been dead
C
The fields have turned brown

Verse 3

For many long years I've traveled in sorrow
F                                  C
No thought of the day when I would return
F                                  C
Now as I come home and find no one waiting
G7                                   C
The price I have paid to live and to learn

Verse 2

F                                           C
Son don't go astray was what they both told me
G7                                C
Remember that love for God can be found
F                                               C
But now they're both gone this letter just told me
G7
For years they've been dead
C
The fields have turned brown